Meaning of sūkt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to suck; to absorb, to pump (to cause liquids, gases, etc. to move by rarefying the air inside some instrument, body part (especially the mouth), etc.)
   transitive
2. to sip (to drink with the lips pressed together; to drink slowly)
   transitive
3. to smoke (a pipe, a cigarette, etc.)
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“sūkt pienu”

to suck milk

“dēles, odi sūc asinis”

leeches, mosquitoes suck blood

“bites sūc ziedu sulu”

bees suck flower juice

“sūkt dzērienu ar salmiņu”

to suck drink with a straw

“sūkt dūmus no cigaretes”

to suck smoke from a cigarette

“sūknis sūc ūdens”

the pump sucks, pumps water

“audums sūc mitrumu”

the fabric sucks (up), absorbs moisture

“augi sūc barības vielas”

plants suck (up) nutricious substances

“lūpas apdedzinādams, Valdis sūca karsto kafiju un vēroja vīrus”

burning his lips, Valdis sucked, sipped the hot coffee and watched the men

“Vaguļa brālēns sūca vēso limonādi, jo šī augusta diena bija vēl diezgan karsta”

Vagulis' cousin sipped cool lemonade, because that day of August was still rather hot

“četri vīri sūca alu un vēroja svešnieku, kas turēja rokā kļavu lapas”

four men were sipping beer and observing the stranger who held maple leaves in (his) hands

“Ķimelis mierīgi sūca pīpi un izlikās neklausāmies sievas valodā”

Ķimelis quietly sucked, smoked his pipe not to listen to his wife's language (= what she was saying)

“mēs klusējām un, domās iegrimuši, sūcām cigaretes”

we were silent and, absorbed in thought, we sucked, smoked cigarettes

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